Jozsef Kelemen

IT Director at Primaholding GmbH

• Germany
• My current job since August 2016

CIO at EPDB

• Hungary
• My current job since January 2015

EPDB is the largest impersonation printing company in Central Europe 36 million pages per month owned by the Hungarian Post.

CIO reporting to the CEO
Strategic and operational IT and production management, leading a team of 25 developers and 10 operators

• Full responsibility for the IT
• Overseeing the work of 25 developers
• Managing outsourced IT infrastructure
• Production support
• Delivered successful production system merge
• Technical: GMC PrintNet, Delphi, SQL, InkJet 3050, 3070, Kern 2500, 3500

Managing Director / CTO at KD Global Dienstleistungs GmbH

• Austria
• September 2011 to December 2014

KD Global is a USA based IT company delivering IT Interim Management service to its customer. The company has offices in Hungary and in Austria

CTO and Managing Director of KD Global Austria
Strategic and operational IT management, Country management

 Delivered successful company foundation in Austria
 Full responsibility to build up and operate the Austrian company
 Successful General Management: Staff recruitment, hiring, HR works, office start up, Finance Management: cash flow reporting, Budget, Sales Management: Price calculations, Customer acquisition
 Interim Manager at several companies
 IT Project Manager at ISVH
 IT Manager at Hungarian Banknote Printing Company
 ABAS Implementation manager at Hungarian Banknote Printing Company
 International Project Manager at T-Systems working for Shell in Shell Global Account project management framework

CIO at EGIS

• Hungary
• March 2010 to August 2011

EGIS PLC, based in Budapest is a leading pharmaceutical production and research company in the Central European region. The company has 14 offices in Central Europe and in the former Soviet union area.

CIO reporting to EGIS` CEO
Strategic and operational IT management, within a Regional IT framework, budget accountability EUR 12 M, leading a team of 120 direct reports in Hungary and in the region.

 Modernised the IT organisation
 Performing outsource of 45 IT employees
 Successful FDA audit
 Successful Part 11 implementation in line with CFR 21 Part 11, GMP standards, and EGIS standards
 Delivered and successfully implemented IT development strategy, integrating SAP and other pharmaceutical developments
 Operated an IT network of 4000 PCs, 200 servers, 18 locations, and a 600 PCs production network
 Successful COGNOS implementation
 Reorganised PC purchasing on regional level
 Implemented global standard purchasing procedures
 Technical: SAP, Oracle, VMware, Data Warehouse, COGNOS, Lotus Notes

CTO at WorldOne Research

• United Kingdom
• November 2008 to February 2010

WorldOne Research 2008 - 2010
WorldOne Research, based in London, is an international market research company, specializing in the collection and analysis of data for leading market research organizations, consulting firms and corporations.

Global IT Manager, reporting WorldOne`s CEO
Strategic and operational IT management, within a Global IT framework, budget accountability £1M, leading a team of 5 direct reports

 Completed IT integration of Global WorldOne offices in just 2 months
 Re-aligned IT function, improving engagement with stakeholders and reducing costs by 30%
 Introduced a Centralised IT model, saving £150k integration capital and on-going IT costs
 Stabilised, improved and increased accuracy of key legacy systems & infrastructure
 Successful Hong Kong office start up
 Technical: Voxco, Avaya, VPN, MS Server 2008, Vista, Exchange, MS SQL, BlackBerry

Chief Technology Officer / Managing Director at Sandmark Middle East WLL

• Bahrain
• March 2007 to July 2008

Sand Mark Middle East 2007 - 2008
Sand Mark is a Solution Provider. Provides turnkey sales and marketing solutions incorporating Information Technology for medium and large sized companies

Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer (interim management contract) reporting to Stakeholder’s council
Company and IT Management

 Successful company foundation in a Manama, Bahrain.
 Successful General Management: Staff recruitment, hiring, HR works, office start up, Finance Management: cash flow reporting, 1st year budget, Sales Management: Price calculations, Customer acquisition
 Achieved exclusive regional dealership for Salesforce.com (CRM)
 Successful implementation of technical solutions of the Company in the Middle East area
 Delivered Al Rasheed website
 Delivered Tender preparations: social networks, real estate, e-Commerce tender preparation

Global IT Director (contract) at EPAM Systems

• United States
• July 2006 to February 2007

GLOBAL IT DIRECTOR (interim management contract), reporting to CTO
Strategic and operational IT management, budget accountability of USD 10M, leading a team of 4 direct reports and a department of 61. Responsibility for 1000 servers.

 Successful office opening: Minsk, Vitebsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv
 Achieved global procurement agreement with HP, Cisco and VmWare
 Successful SAS70 audit
 Introduced Service Centre, and Global IT team, SWAT team
 Delivered Project: Implementing MPLS as data communication backbone. Implementing IP Phone technology on the MPLS network. Setup MPLS backbone as video conferencing medium. USD 1, 500, 000,
 Delivered Project: Server virtualization, Client virtualization USD 1, 600, 000
 Technical: 1000 servers, MPLS, VPN, vmWare, Exchange, Blade, Storage, Cisco, WiFi, Video Conference

IT Operations Manager (contract) at Takinfo

• Hungary
• January 2005 to June 2006

TAKINFO 2005 - 2006
Takinfo is the outsource IT company offering remote IT services for the Hungarian Savings Banks and for MTB (Hungarian Bank of Savings), The company is owned by the Saving Banks.

IT OPERATIONS MANAGER (Interim management contract), reporting to Takinfo’s MD
Operational IT Management within a Group IT framework, budget accountability USD 6M+, P&L, leading a team of 7 direct reports and a department of 83. Resp. for 200 servers and 17, 000 PCs 7x24, 3000 sites.

 Successful IT Organization restructure. Building up a call centre
 Successful Government Authority audit
 Operating a system with 40 applications, 17, 000 PCs and 200 servers in 7x24 with no breakdown
 Member of the board
 Responsibility for the Customer service (Helpdesk), Operation service and Operation, Sales and CRM
 Delivered Project: Server infrastructure upgrade. Consolidation, virtualization. USD 1, 000, 000,
 Delivered Project: Software standardization USD 100, 000
 Delivered Project: Bank accounting system upgrade USD 500, 000.
 Technical: 200 Servers, 17, 000 PCs, VPN, Telephony, Blade, Storage, Cisco, Progress, Workflow, Linux, SAP FI

IT Manager (Contract) at SPAR

• Hungary
• January 2004 to October 2004

SPAR 2004 - 2005
SPAR Hungary is an Austria based supermarket chain with over 7000 employees in Hungary

IT MANAGER (Interim management contract), reporting to SPAR’s MD and IT Coordinator SPAR Europe
Operational IT Management, budget accountability USD 2.5m, P&L, leading a team of 3 direct reports and a department of 21. Responsibility for 200 servers and 2000 PCs, 200 sites..

 Successful opening of 2 Interspar hypermarkets: Pecs, Keszthely and 8 Spar supermarkets countrywide
 Successful IT restructure
 Delivered Project: Cash register update (50, 000 countrywide)
 Delivered Project SAP HR, FI, CO implementation
 Delivered Project: Kaisers integration. Implementing standard hardware and software at Kaisers USD 400, 000
 Delivered project: SPAR Centre main storage area infrastructure upgrade. Replacing the wifi and barcode system of the main Storage at SPAR Centre. USD 300, 000
 Delivered project: TANN start up, IT infrastructure project for SPAR meat production USD 500, 000.
 Technical: 200 Servers, 2000 PCs, ADSL, VPN, Cisco, SAP HR, SAP FI, SAP CO, Barcode, RS/6000, AS/400, Unix, Exchange

IT Director at Porsche

• Hungary
• October 2000 to September 2003

Porsche 2000 - 2003
Porsche Hungaria is a car importer, fully owned by Porsche Austria, Imported brands are VW, Audi, SEAT, Skoda.

IT Director, reporting Porsche Hungaria’s MD
Strategic and Operational IT management, budget accountability USD 2m+, P&L, leading a team of 6 direct reports and a department of 36, 100 sites., Sales, CRM

 Successful ISO audit
 Responsibility for the IT and Business Process Reengineering of Porsche Hungaria, Porsche Inter Auto, Part Center Budapest, Eurent
 Completed Helpdesk implementation and operation
 Delivered Project: Cross implementation. Implementation and localization of the car dealer ERP, Eurofib, ELSA/ETKA and PorscheNet. USD 4, 000, 000 in 3 years
 Delivered Project: PorscheNet. Implementation of Virtual Private Network to connect Porsche and the 100 contracted dealers. USD 2, 000, 000 in 3 years.
 Delivered Project: Development and implementation for Porsche spare part storage company - PCB. USD 1, 000, 000, KD/2 Warranty system implementation USD 100, 000,
 Delivered Project: SQL/Assist. Development and implementation of customer management system for 100 dealers USD 400, 000.
 Delivered Project: Localization and implementation of standardized Internet sites for 100 dealers, USD 450, 000
 Delivered Project: www.porsche.hu, www.audi.hu, www.vw.hu, www.skoda.hu, www.seat.hu, www.weltauto.hu.
 Technical: RS/6000, Tivoli, VPN, Lotus Notes, Informix, Oracle, MS SQL, dBase, Rational rose

Manager IT East-Europe at Lear Automotive

• Hungary
• April 1998 to October 2000

LEAR Automotive 1998 - 2000
Lear Corporation is a world class supplier of car cable harness, interiors, seat, and electronics, 5th biggest automotive supplier of the world..

MANAGER IT EAST EUROPE report to Director East Europe, Vice President IT Europe, member of the board
Strategic and Operational IT management, budget accountability USD 2.5m, BPR, leading a team of 5 direct reports and a department of 25 in Hungary, Germany, Poland, Rumania

 Successful MFG/PRO ERP customization and implementation at all locations at the region (ERP)
 Successful supply chain IT system implementation
 Member of Technical Council Lear Automotive Europe, responsibility for technical and system development in the CEE region
 Y2k, Successful Ford and GM audit. USD 50, 000,
 QS9000 certification. USD 300, 000
 Delivered Project: MFG/PRO integrated ERP implementation. USD 900, 000 in 2 years
 Delivered Project: Saarlois SILS IT implementation USD 500, 000 in 2 years
 Technical: MFG/PRO, Progress, Novell, RS/6000, AS/400, Barcode, JIT, Telephony, Video conference

IS Manager at Kraft Food

• Hungary
• July 1997 to April 1998

Kraft Jacobs Suchard is owned by Phillip Morris Co., in Hungary produce coffee and chocolate with 700 employees.

Tasks

Overall responsibilities for IS for KJS Hungary
Project Manager Year 2000
Project Manager Office movement (USD 50, 000)
Project Manager integrated system implementation MFG/PRO (USD 200, 000)

IT Manager at EDS / General Motors

• Hungary
• April 1991 to July 1997

EDS is the IT service company of General Motors. General Motors has two locations in Hungary. CKD plant and Engine plant in Szentgotthárd with about 600 employees, and Distribution Office in Budapest with about 70 employees. EDS has a support team at both locations, and there is an additional office in Budapest for non GM business.

Tasks

Focusing high level customer demands
Selling huge projects to GM
Over viewing and aligning projects
Developing local standards
Overall responsibility for data security, customer support, network, purchasing